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RMS Lusitania Limited Model Cruise Ship 30"

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED

Ready for Immediate Display - Not a Model Ship kit

Travel back to the heyday of the grand trans-Atlantic ocean liners with these exquisite LimitedEdition cruise ship models of the famous RMSLusitania. Evoking the elegance and grandeur of a bygone era, the Limited Edition RMS Lusitania model cruise ship is built with the finest craftsmanship and demanding attention to every detail.

30" Long x 4" Wide x 11" High (1:315 scale)

Sold fully assembled - this is not a Lusitania model ship kit

Museum Quality features not available in other models or any kit

Paint colors precisely matched to those of the Lusitania

All windows and portholes exactly sized and positioned according to the original construction plans

Historically accurate design and detailing of superstructure and hull

Open promenade decks visible through superstructure windows

Precise superstructure design and detailing

Quadruple propeller design and accurate anchors

Metal trussed crane booms with twin cables and pulleys on cargo hooks

Lattice grating on ducts and vents

Finely-crafted wire maintenance ladders ascend smokestacks

Handcrafted from scratch by our master artisians

Built from highest quality woods including cherry, birch, maple and rosewood

Meticulous painting to accurately match the actual Lusitania

Only a limited amount of models will ever be produced due to the extensive hours required to constuct the model

Extensive research of original plans, historical drawings and paintings as well as actual photographs ensures the highest possible accuracy

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde, and Styrene, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Chromium and Toluene, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. She was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 and sank in 18 minutes, eight miles (15 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, and was instrumental in bringing the United States into World War I. It is considered the second most famous civilian passenger liner disaster, after the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

The sinking of the Lusitania caused great controversy, which persists to this day. In the aftermath of the sinking, the German government tried to justify it by claiming in an official statement that she had been armed with guns, and had "large quantities of war material" in her cargo. They also stated that since she was classed as an auxiliary cruiser, Germany had had a right to destroy her regardless of any passengers aboard, and that the warnings issued by the German Embassy before her sailing plus the 18 February note declaring the existence of "war zones", relieved Germany of any responsibility for the deaths of American citizens aboard. While it was true that the Lusitania had been fitted with gun mounts as part of government loan requirements during her construction, to enable rapid conversion into an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC) in the event of war, the guns themselves were never fitted. However, she was still listed officially as an AMC. Her cargo had included an estimated 4,200,000 rounds of rifle cartridges, 1,250 empty shell cases, and 18 cases of non-explosive fuses, all of which were listed in her manifest, but the cartridges were not officially classed as ammunition by the Cunard Line. Various theories have been put forward over the years that she had also carried undeclared high explosives that were detonated by the torpedo and helped to sink her, but this has never been proven.